paint grill gloss black?
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paint grill gloss black?
i notice a few people have there grills painted a gloss black..how would i go about doing that if i wanted to? how would i prep the old one and paint it so that chipping wouldnt be a problem?
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the chrome in the grill just came right off? what about chipping? i do a lot of highway driving so my hood has a decent amount of chips in it that arent very noticeable on the silver paint. but i feel like it will be very noticeable on black paint
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i just love how clean it looks. i have the flat black on the fenders, the entire chrome trim (around the car and the handles), and grill so it flows really well with the car. im also painting the chrome on my rims and the chrome inside my headlights flat black at the moment. i cant wait to put it all together and see how it looks!
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I know what you mean about sometimes missing the chrome, however having a black car too I think it works superb! I like the understated look. If I had silver I would keep the chrome and the Star I think..
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i just love how clean it looks. i have the flat black on the fenders, the entire chrome trim (around the car and the handles), and grill so it flows really well with the car. im also painting the chrome on my rims and the chrome inside my headlights flat black at the moment. i cant wait to put it all together and see how it looks!
I wa actually thinking of painting my chrome trim black but settled on silver. You have any pics of your trim? I also wanted to do the headlights. Have any pointers?
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) and it worked out really well for me. but u could also spray it as long as u make sure the whole car is covered, i was scared that if i sprayed it, i was going to get paint on the car haha and that bugged me out because i wanted it to be perfect.. so i just did it by hand
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too scared to break it lol. i went to take the chrome trip on the tips of the slats off my first grill and 2 of the clips snapped off... since then ive been very very very careful with what i take off, and what i realized i can do with parts already on the car haha
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Thats Cuz you have freshly chromed out wheels MIke!!!! haha They look great. I cant wait to have my wheels back. I crashed my car last year on the fourth of july and havnt had enough money to save up and fix my chrome 18's. with all kinds of other expenses i have too!!! So its a waiting game! cant wwait till they are back. then i will have all the chrome i need!
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Thats Cuz you have freshly chromed out wheels MIke!!!! haha They look great. I cant wait to have my wheels back. I crashed my car last year on the fourth of july and havnt had enough money to save up and fix my chrome 18's. with all kinds of other expenses i have too!!! So its a waiting game! cant wwait till they are back. then i will have all the chrome i need!
i had chrome rims b4 on my supercharged trans am then to silver polish on my benz then chrome again LOL
